[Shotimes] my strut saga

[Mark D. Mallory]

And I thought my '95 was odd...

Mark Mallory
Toledo, Ohio
'95 SHO MTX

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>Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
>Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 8:45 AM
>To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: [Shotimes] my strut saga
>
>
>Well, I got it all put back together last night.  Cut the tab off the old
>strut to get it out.  Opened up the split in the bolt in the pinch so it
>would pinch.  Went back together pretty slick.  Had the wife on the
>prybar so I could get it back in.
>
>In the midst of all this, I replaced the original springs with some from
>a '93.  An ATX I believe it was.  The car now sits almost an inch higher
>in the front.  Does that make sense?  The car wasn't sagging before,
>so it's not that.  I'm hoping they'll find some glaring error on my part
>at the alignment shop, and it will at least go back to where it was before
>all this mess.  Is the MTX possibly that much lighter that it would do 
>this?
>
>
>Mike Wojton
>Toledo, Ohio
>
>-'95 Green MTX  3/01-1/03
>   ShoShop y-pipe
>
>-'95 White MTX
>   '96 Brake Upgrade
>
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